Improvement in ox-shoes



@eine tatrs #llattnt @fitte HAzLe'roN LAKE, e 1r sneLiseRNm .VERMONTLetters Patent No. 70,227, dated October 2Q, 1867.

IMPROVEMENT IN 0X-SHOES.

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Be it known that I, IIAZLETON LAKE, of Shelburne, in the county ofChittenden, and State lmve inventedanew and useful Improvement inOrc-Shoes; and I de hereby declaro that the feller clear, and exactdescription thereof, which will enable those skilled in the nrt te makeand use the ence being had to the accompanying drawings, forming pnrt ofthis specification, in which the figuri side or bottom view of a pair oforc-shoes, illustrating my invention.

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My invention' has for its object to se improve the form and constructionot ox-shoes thnt they .securely held to their place upon the leotot' theoxen; and it consists in extending the forward pa inward, and formingnail-holes through the said extended part, so that the shoes impy benailed to1 the inner side of the toe, as well as along the outer edge ofthe said hoof.

when ex-shoes are nailed on in the ordinary manner, that is to say,nailed at their outer edges edges of' the hoof, the strain is in suolin. direction that the shoes will be drown ell` in a very sh fluentlytaking with them n part of' the hooi', so that the oxen's feet become seinjured that th( fnltened 'er heel". '.lo remedy this, I extend theforward part a el' the shoe A inward, ns shown und form holes in theinner edge of the said extended part, so thnt the shoes muy be nailed tot the inner side of the toe, as well ns along the outer odge of snidhoof. This construction and nien nient has heen found by actualexperiment to .retnin the shoes upon the feet e. very much longer tpossible under the old manner of attachment, and at the suine timeelootunlly guards the hooi` from hy drnwing oil' the shoe. f u I 'Iclnim es new, end desire to secure by Letters Petontv llxtending theforward part ot' the shoe A inward, and forming nail-holes through theinne said extended port, suhstnntielly as herein shown anddeseribed andfor the 'purpose set forth.

Witnesses:

` C. l. WILLI/ms, i W. A. Wenn.

